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她把指认变成了一次救命
She Turned an Identification Into a Rescue
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Mulan turns Qingyi's public identification trap into a rescue test before shielding him from Huo Minxian. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 3-4 Chinese listening episode that runs about 4 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 8 key vocabulary words such as 关系、保护、利用 and walks through 3 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
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旁白
清峄把李管家带进了慕容家。清渝
你把霍家以前的管家带到这里,事情会闹大。清峄
我要让牧兰明白,这回不能光靠猜。清渝
她要真是素素,你准备当着客人的面抓住她?清峄
我不想再听她说我认错了人。清渝
那她要不是呢?清峄
我亲自送她回方家,再也不叫那个名字。清渝
你舍得?清峄
所以今晚必须有答案。牧兰
你费这么大力气,只为了听别人告诉你我是谁?清峄
因为你不肯说。牧兰
我说过。我是方牧兰。清峄
那你为什么不敢见他?牧兰
我不是不敢。我只是想先看清你。清峄
看我什么?牧兰
三年前你抓过我。现在还敢吗?清峄
别往后走。牧兰
你已经回答了。旁白
牧兰往后一倒,掉进水里。清峄
你拿命来赌?牧兰
我就想知道,你是不是恨到想让我死。清峄
你记得那只手,也记得那列火车。牧兰
记得归记得,名字是另一回事。清峄
对我来说,已经够了。牧兰
那就别再让别人替你相信。旁白
第二天,慕容家在祠堂开会。霍敏贤
清峄,你把李管家从奉安带来,是想让他认谁?清峄
你闯进祠堂,就是为了问我的客人?霍敏贤
他是霍家的人,知道我爸爸的事。你藏着他,就是心虚。清渝
这是慕容家的祠堂。你先把话说清楚。霍敏贤
这还不清楚?你包庇凶手。要么交人,要么跟我走。牧兰
他不会跟你走。霍敏贤
你还真把自己当成这里的女主人?牧兰
我是清渝的未婚妻。你一个外人,凭什么在这儿说话?霍敏贤
你为了清峄拦我,不怕别人看懂你们的关系?牧兰
你先管好自己的话。霍敏贤
你敢打我?牧兰
你在他父亲面前骂他,我为什么不敢?霍敏贤
李管家能证明他在说谎!把人叫进来!清峄
请吧。旁白
外头没人应声。清峄
你刚才救了我一次。牧兰
别自作多情。我只是不想让她把你带走。清峄
有区别吗?牧兰
不一样。救你是不想你死,留着你是要跟你算账。清峄
所以我就得听你的?牧兰
你不也把李管家留在手里,用来逼我承认?清峄
我现在不需要他承认了。你记得过去。牧兰
这只能说明我记得以前的事,不能说明我为什么回来。清峄
那你为什么替我挡下霍敏贤?牧兰
三年前的账,得我们自己算。外人别插手。清峄
算完以后呢?牧兰
等你先弄明白,你对我是恨,还是舍不得。清峄
你还是没有承认。牧兰
可你不是已经相信了吗?English transcript reference
Qingyi brought Steward Li into the Murong home.
This old man had seen Ren Susu three years ago.
Qingyi no longer wanted to ask who Mulan really was. He wanted the witness to identify her in public.
Bringing the Huo family's former steward here will cause a scene.
I need Mulan to understand that this time, guessing is not enough.
If she really is Susu, are you going to seize her in front of the guests?
I do not want to hear her say again that I have the wrong person.
And what if she is not?
I will personally take her back to the Fang home and never call her by that name again.
Could you bear to do that?
That is why there must be an answer tonight.
Steward Li is outside. Come out with me and let him see you clearly.
You went to all this trouble just to hear someone else tell you who I am?
Because you refuse to say.
I have said it before. I am Fang Mulan.
Then why are you afraid to see him?
I am not afraid. I only want to see you clearly first.
See what about me?
You grabbed me three years ago. Would you still dare now?
Do not step backward.
You have already answered.
Mulan tipped backward and fell into the water.
Qingyi reached for her. Even when his hand was bleeding, he still pulled her up.
You gambled with your life?
I only wanted to know whether you hated me enough to let me die.
You remember that hand, and you remember that train.
Remembering is one thing. My name is another.
For me, that is already enough.
Then stop asking other people to believe for you.
The next day, the Murong family held a meeting in the ancestral hall.
Huo Minxian suddenly forced her way inside with several people.
She already knew Steward Li had reached Nancheng and believed he was connected to her father's death.
Qingyi, you brought Steward Li here from Feng'an. Whom did you want him to identify?
You broke into the ancestral hall just to question my guest?
He worked for the Huo family and knows about my father. Hiding him proves you have a guilty conscience.
This is the Murong family's ancestral hall. Explain yourself first.
Is it not clear? You are shielding a killer. Hand him over, or come with me.
He will not go with you.
You really think you are the mistress of this house now?
I am Qingyu's fiancee. You are an outsider. What right do you have to speak here?
You are stopping me for Qingyi. Are you not afraid people will understand your relationship?
Mind your own words first.
You dare hit me?
You insulted him in front of his father. Why would I not dare?
Steward Li can prove he is lying! Call him in!
Go ahead.
No one outside answered.
Steward Li was gone.
Huo Minxian had no evidence, and the Murong family would no longer let her make a scene.
You just saved me once.
Do not flatter yourself. I only did not want her to take you away.
Is there a difference?
Yes. Saving you meant I did not want you dead. Keeping you means I still have a score to settle with you.
So I have to listen to you?
Did you not also keep Steward Li in your hands to force me to admit who I am?
I do not need him to admit it now. You remember the past.
That only proves I remember what happened before. It does not explain why I came back.
Then why did you shield me from Huo Minxian?
We must settle the score from three years ago ourselves. Outsiders should stay out of it.
And after we settle it?
First work out whether you hate me or cannot bear to let me go.
You still have not admitted it.
But do you not already believe me?
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇HSK 3. Minxian hints that Mulan and Qingyi are too close.
HSK 3. Mulan protects Qingyi from being taken away.
HSK 3. The witness can be protected and used at the same time.
HSK 3. Qingyi asks whether saving and keeping him differ.
To formally point out a person as someone known or accused.
To protect someone accused of wrongdoing from consequences.
A family hall used to honor ancestors and hold serious meetings.
Describes emotional reluctance to lose someone.
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法要么……要么……
Presents two demanded alternatives.
要么交人,要么跟我走。
不是……只是……
Rejects one interpretation and gives a narrower explanation.
我不是不敢。我只是想先看清你。
只能说明……不能说明……
Limits what one fact can prove and rejects a broader conclusion.
这只能说明我记得以前的事,不能说明我为什么回来。
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